BOOK 20_1945-05-21 to 1946-09-03

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300 on the whole street. The matter was placed on the agenda for further report. Petition was received from thirty-five property owners in the Lenolt Tract com- 0I plaining against the San Carlos Airport for creating a nuisance and a 0,111' ''p I hazard because of the low flying planes. The petition was accompanied by � i• a list of plane numbers of planes that have been flying too low. Council- man Anderson moved, seconded by Councilman Britschgi, that the petition be referred to the County Planning Commission to be presented at their meet- III�� i ing with the C. A. A. scheduled for April 9th and that the matter be placed on the agenda for the next meeting. Under the question, Councilman Granger believed the Council should go on record requesting that the people of j that area be afforded some relief. Councilman Anderson included in his f motion that the City Manager be instructed to write a letter to the County Planning Commission advising that the Council favors relief be given to the people in this area. Motion passed unanimously. Affidavit of Louise White of sending notices to property owners.on Qpartz, Sap- phire Streets, etc. in regard to proposed public improvements was ordered filed on motion of Councilman Anderson, seconded by Councilman Armstrong Motion passed unanimously. This was the time set for hearing of protests. City Clerk Dodge advised he had one written protest from G. P. Lauinger, 632 Prospect Row, SanMateo owner of Lots 6, 7, 8, Central Park No. 2. The protest was that the im- provements would increase the cost of the property beyond its value and would result in freezing the sale of the property. A Mr. Wayne, a property owner in this area, also protested on the grounds that the improvements were too high for the balue of the property in that district. It.was ex- plained that this proceeding had been instituted by the receipt of a petition from over fifty per cent of the property owners in the area. Councilman Armstrong moved, seconded by Councilman McNulty, that the pro- perty city officials be instructed to draw the plans and specifications for 1 the proposed improvements in this area. Motion passed unanimously. City Manager Blom asked for authority to contract for the preparation of these plans by an outside firm inasmuch as the city's engineering staff is not large enough to handle the work. The cost of the plans would be charged to the cost of the proceedings. Councilman Armstrong moved, seconded by I Councilman Anderson, that the City Manager be authorized to employ the ser- vices of a competent engineer to draw the plans for the above mentioned HI improvements. Motion passed unanimously. The matter of proposed improvements to the alley between Madison -and Vera Ave- nue was laid over to the next meeting for report from the Planning Commis- sion as to waiver from property owners not to build facing the alley �Y lI City Manager Blom advised that he had sent a letter to department heads recently II °� instructing that off-duty employment would not be allowed by city employees. I � I Some of the employees questioned whether the City Manager had the authority i to issue such an order. Mayor Hilton advised that he believed the employees should present their case to the Board of Review rather than with the City Council, but that the Council had read the letter and felt that the City